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Qaeda - a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries

al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, al-Qa'ida, Base

act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

Afghanistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan - a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979"

Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

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Yet the Iranian offer, admitted the official, was never accepted by al Qaeda " if such an offer was in fact made.

Is Trump Going To Lie Our Way Into War With Iran?

com/2017/02/08/us/us-kills-al-qaeda-official/) other al Qaeda operatives.

US Airstrikes Kill Osama Bin Laden Deputy In Syria

On May 8th, the story broke that Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri appeared to give permission for Nusra Front-Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria-to break away from the terror group's main command and become independent.

Is Nusra Front really going to split from Al Qaeda?

Al Qaeda, the Islamic State and the global Jihadist movement

QUETTA -- Balochistan Home Minister, Mir Sarfaraz Bugti has said that a leader of Al Qaeda was killed and his wife was arrested in a law enforcement operation in Chagai.

Al Qaeda leader killed in Chagai: Balochistan Home Minister

Al Qaeda's new South Asia wing, Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, tried to hijack a Pakistani navy ship in September this year, a few days after the group had announced its formation.

Police nab Qaeda top leader in Karachi

Summary: Security official says Yemeni anti-terrorism forces killed three Qaeda militants and arrested four others.

Qaeda attacks again near Yemen capital

GETTING IT RIGHT: US NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY AND AL QAEDA SINCE 2011

Getting it right: US National Security Policy and al Qaeda since 2011

And Sharia has only one variant--that promulgated by Al Qaeda and imposed by violence if necessary.

Al Qaeda's Grand Strategy

Faced with open defiance from the leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria and Iraq, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri publicly expelled the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), suspending its franchise and stripping it of its status as part of the Al Qaeda global enterprise.

Al Qaeda has expelled its affiliate in Syria and Iraq--Now what?

The pandemonium in Syria, Libya, and Egypt, are like a hothouse for al Qaeda, which is thriving just as it has in Somalia and Afghanistan," Riedel added.

Resurgent Al-Qaeda far from defeated: analysts

The report ("Al Qaeda in Libya: A Profile") was prepared by the federal research division of the Library of Congress (LOC) under an agreement with the Defense Department's Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office.